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d 1 1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOME' OF PEERS, ' ' WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4. CAMPAIGN IN SPAIN. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4. ANECDOTES OF THE EARL OP CHATHAM, This Day was published, In Three Vols.. O&avo, price tl. its. 6d. boards, the Se venth Edition - , of A NECDOTES of the LIFE of the RIGHT LA. HON. WILLIAM PITT, EARL of CHATHAM. and of the principal Events of Ins Tung, with h Speeches Parliament from the Year 1736 to the Year ;773, Printed fur Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, .Paternos t2;f-row. SOUTHEY'S HISTORY OF BRAZIL. This Day was published, . . In Quarto, pride 21. 2s. in boards, The First. Part of THE HISTORY OF •BVR A ZIL. By ROBERT SOUTHEY. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees u and Orme, Paternos •tcr.row. 0.! Of whom may be had, by the same Author, r. The Chronicle of the Cid, 4to. price 11.-rss. bocrcis. 2. Letters from. Spain and Portugal, z vols: foolscap, Los. dd. boards.. P a Imarin of England, 4 vols. foolscap, price 11. Es. boards. 4. Amadis deCaul, 4 vols. foolscap, price LI. IS, boards. This Day was published, .. In Oaavo, price Six Shillings, in boards, LTINTS for the TREATMENT of the PRIN. (Apia. DISEASES of INFANCY and CHILD ], I HOOD., adapted to the Use of Parents. By JAMES HAMILTON, M.D. Professorof Midwifery in the university, and Fellow of the . Royal College of Physicans in Edinburgh. _ _ Printed kir Longman, Hinit, Kees, and Ornii, l'aternos ' r-roW and Peter Hill, Edinburgh. • t' whom may be had, • , A Treatise on 'the Management of Female Complaints, y •Alexander Hamilton, M.D. the Sixth Edition, Oaave, price gs. in boards. . In the Appeal " Douglas v. Wilson," the Lord Advocate of Scotland and Mr. Adam were heard tO'r the ; Respondent. Further hearing on Friday. The Irish Silk Trade Bill,"sotne local and private Bills, were brought up by Mr. Lushington, Sir C. Burrell, Mr, Thornton, Mr. M. Pitr, ar:d other Members of the House of Commons, and read a first time. The Sugar Drawback Bill was read a third time and passed. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, he had intend ed to have asked a question of a Noble Marquis, one of his Majesty's Ministers, but not seeing the Noble Marquis in his place, he gave notice that he should to-morrow put a question respeaing the papers re lative to the Campaign in Spain, and then fix a day for the discussion of that Campaign. Adjourned till to-rnorrot,v. The Report of the Irish 'Schools Bill was brought up and agreed to, and. the Bill ordered to be read a thixd time to-morrow.. . On the motion of Si: Charles .I . );ie,' the second reading of the Smithtield.Market Bill was',postponed till to-morrow sennight. The St, George's Parish. Poor Rare Regulation Bill, and the Irislf,Silk &i 1!, was read a third time and passed: The Committee of Way 4 and .11/leans, and of Sup ply, were postponed till Friday. Sir JOHN NEWPORT postponed till to-morrow sennight the motion of which he had given notice, with regard to the. public Expenditure .of Ireland. The committal of the Charitable Donations Bill was, upon the motion of Mr. WILBEEFOIWE, post poned till the 4th of May. . _Upon the motion of Lord BINNING, a new Writ *as ordered tbr . thfl eleOion of a representative for the Borougii of Callington, in Cornwall, in toom of Mr. Carter, who has accepted the Steward ship of the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. BANKES brought un_the Report of the Re versions Bill, which was agtetd to, and the Bill or dered to be read'a third time to-morrow. - • Mr. R. DUNDAS obtained leave to lirii,g in a Bill for continuing the commission fur settling the debts of the Nabob uf Arcot. . . Mr. WHARTON presented, pursuant to order, an aceoula of the Dutits paid upon S,rage Coaches,. aAd other Coaches travelling, for hire, for .the labt y ear.— Ordered to lie on the tab!e. gratuitously in such COmrnisiious? and, whrther it was not likely to indispose other Gentlemen, not so public spirited and disinterested, from deeidiog Pe-: cording to their judgenent; i leaSt they should he ex posedlo expence and trouble ? It was obvious that the recurrence of such a case ought to provided against. Mr. Straw - LEF . EVRE urgently messed upon the attention of the - Minister thE conjectural surcharges to which people were subjea , from surveyors; who, in fact, -often knew nothing of the persons whom they surcharged, but praceeded upon a specUlaiion, produaive in most 'cases of extreme injustice and Vexation, particularly in the country. • The CHANCbtLLOR of the EXCEIEGWea's request. was complied with, and the notice was accordingly withdrawn, Mr. CALCRAFT observing, upon two notices • which he had given • for Friday, one relattve jo the neglea •of the. Ordnance. Board respeaing Mr. Hunt's security, and another with regard , to Mr. Hunt himself—said that he un,derstood it would not be quite regular to bring .forward both motions • upon the same day. His intention .as to Mr. Hunt was, after a discussion of (he papers, with respea ,to his nuscondua, to move his expulsion. Of a mo tion so Serious, it was obviously proper to give the Subject Of it . previous ntitice; and he bad sought, him out for that purpose. But that person was not to be found. He would, however, give notice of his motion respeaing him for to-morrow se'nnighi, which be understood to be a fair interval upon such an .occasion. After a few words from the Speaker, Mr. CALC4AFT gave notice of a motion upon to morrow se'nnight upon the subjea of the 12th Re port of the Military Commission ; and it' was or dered,' upon the Honourable Gentleman's motion, that Mr. Hunt should be ordered to attend its bis, place on that discussion. -In answer to a question froth Mr. Brougham res. 'peaing an order of the House for the prodation of certain Returns relative to the Slave Tiade, Mr. Per cival answered, that he would endeaVour to have the Returns alluded to laid before the House as soon as possible. • ' On the moion of ,Mr. PARNELL, a return was ,ordered of the ProgresS of the Corninissiiin instituted to investigate the Barrack Accounts, and the ex, pence incurred by the said Comtnissioti. WEIVIZREA-13 gave- notice of a motion for Friday se'nniglit, for the produaion of a Copy of the •Instruaions to Mr.' Bathurst, our Envoy to Vienna. In answer to a question from Mr. Whitbread, Mr. PERCEIiAL ' , stated that the meanire of funding Exchequer Bil!APould be brought forward for d - cussion upon Friday.—Adjourned. MAILS. Artarvan—t Gottenbuigh, r Dublin, Watedofd. LAVE--i Lisbon, i Cadiz, z Waterford. PRICE OF 'COCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols THE S UN. soLem Qvls•Dietrtz FAI.SUM AUDE ? ASSESSED TAXES. "The CHANCELLOR Of the .Exentoaent adverting. to a notice before the Hou- from •an Honourabic 114embtr (Mr. C. Duncbs); for a motion relative to . the Cullettion of the Assessed Taxes; expressed a. 'wish that that Hon. Member would . have the good ness to postpone the motion until alter the recess, as the subject was under the serious consideration of the TteaSury, in consequence of complaints' from various quarters.. He assured the Hon. Niember that every •suggestion should be -attended to that could tend so promote the 0b . 1 , , , Ct desired, and that wish that vie ,v lio propos- - ettp rebornmencl a measure of regulation ,teirich, 6p d, would serve to.ob - riate the evils corn;.lained .of. C. DUNPAS, stating that he had no other Motive in blinzolg forward thiS business than a de sire to relifife I he people from oppressien, expressed his readiness to consign it to those who had more ability to administer that:relief. . Ho was, indeed, happy that the Right Hon. Gentleman. whip was so ca, ah:e "of. giving etfed •to any arrangement upon this subje(;l, had manifested art intention to follow it up--aod be assured bin), that any materials he hate ec!lvoted .should prAnptly at his devotion. Thee weie..poiots whichhe begged p:tticularly to recommenrtothe Rignl Hon. Gentleman 7 s consi deratitin,--one with "tgard to the interrogation of men upon oath to criminate themselves, peculiarly demanded rev;:iton ; and there ,was another point which a i )ona: - 6d to call for inquiry. Upon the latter point, a circumstance' bad come in his knowledge, of whic!t a plububiy, the Right Eionourable Gen tletA!i had not. heard. Some Commissioners of the Lane-Tax, from the county of Hereford, . were lovely alszed• to answer a suit in the Court of Exchequer, in consequence of the performance of their 'duty... In this suit they incurred an expence of 2801,; and although the ierdia was in their favour„they declined to avail themselves of it. This forbearance was, no doubt, honourable to theindi- yidilals concerned; but he submitted to the House, Wh4ther such a case . wai . not calculated to depress the exertions of Gentlemen who gate their services L 0 N I) 0 cv, THURSDAY, API:4I. 1810. ser•. We have received some more French and Dutch Papers from Which 4i4ive made some extra Et. - They relate . p . fincipaitit to the preparations for the' Marriage of BUONSI-V,WI The Opposers of the present Alinisters, afte their defeat in Parliament, are streiuing every nerve to stir up.the people to .petition for the removal of this Administration, And or coutSe; we preSnme, for the restoration of Lord GRENVI'LLEan4 his Weeds. An appeal is to be made from the Bepresentatikes to the Constituents, and they hope to attain that objea by clamour and misrepresentation, which they could not obtain by 11411 . 111)4 iinpartial inves, tigation. The Nation is to be " roused to A sense, of its osAn and it is added, that ‘f we never shall have responsibility till the voice of the Consti , tuent Body is audiuly heard by their Representatives.', Such is the language ofthose who, but a 'few days ago, when they had an accidental majority or two, \vete so loud in their praises of the House of Commons, and praised their_ deterrninatiott as the undoubted sense of the People. Such is now the language of the tup who, before the meeting of Parliament, daily poured forth columns of abuse agmilist ters, _for not convening the great Council et the Na.! tion e in order that - a full- ingeirp into the Waleheren Expedition might take plai.O. We will venture to assert, without the h.liard of contradiaion, •thet do instance can be found in the .anuals of Partiament , of a more laborious, pltient, and full inquiry than that which has just taken place ; and if the deci sion of the House of Commons had been hostile to the Administration, that decision would ha\ been extolled to the skies by till,: p tray. But the division of Saturday morning lastdisappoinfed the hopes of• a set of men actuated solely by the de sire of power and emolument, and thvy now fiat ter themselves that. they shall be able to stir up the People to petition for tleir testora:ion to of fice. 'We have heard much discibilon lately re spcEting the power and privileges of the House of Commons, but we can not conceive any thing more insulthig - to that body than that its deci sion should be questioned, merely, because they do not happen to accord with the ambitious views of a just ly unpopular party. We trust, hOwever, that the peo ple of En_l :rid have too much L. 0..d sense to suffer themselves to Le made the dupes of men valo cia- Mout ab,ut •put.lic r:pvauces, on!y 'a. t•.e pai)ose of promoting pril ate interests; and who are anx.i_ ous to excite popular discontent, iu the hope that it may lead to their own restoratiou to power. in copying the reports of the Foreign Papers, al • 1 of which ale under the influence, and many o f them in the pay of France, we must not be sup— posed to adopt their sentiments. We leave to the Opposition Prints to found their gloomy predictions of The ruin or our commerce on the boasted pre-' cautions of the enemy, while we reserve to our selves the pleasure of conveying the cheering intel- ligence to our Readers, that the trade of Great &i_ tain is at this =meat, and has•b > ien for Some. time, greater than it ever was in the memory of Man. We all" know, that, in spite of the threats of France, and the melancholy forebodings of the Op- 7. position, both'in and out of Parliament, the Cus toms of last year exceeded,, by the sum of two mil lions, that of every, year which had gone before it. What now will our Readers say ! what now will our enemies think, when we have the happiness. to assure them that, wonderful as the increase of Commerce was in the last year, that of the present far exceeds it ! We state, from the most undoubted sources, that the receipts-of the first quarter of this year, sur, pass those of the corresponding quarter in the pre, ceding one, by 1401iE THAN HALF A MILLION I . . What is yet more extraordinary, and may serve to dissipate the. fears of the Opposition, real or pi - let - led, is, that notwithstanding the " - rancour of BIJONA FMB, and the blind and tntiOus Decrees against the intr . cduaion of English commodities, the im . portation from this country into Franco itself is at this moment incredibly extensive ! The simple fa&, ilk one -word,- is, -that France, not being able to sub-' sist 'without colonial produce, has discovered, sower what late perhaps, that she can obtain it at a more reasonable rate directly from this country, than through the circuitous route of the Elbe or the We, ; Hence the multiplied reStriEtions on Ger many, and the recent facilities of her own ports. The rniierable- exhibition of 12,000,000 livres, (500,0001.) forthe whole of the Customs . of 180 g, lias appalled 'all France; and shows the frantic Tyrant who lords it over that unhappy country, that while he has beep blindly. pursuing - our ruiu, he has ig norantly .etfecied his own. It is 'not improbable but that Ger Many, which has hitherto been: per. mitted to-supply France with our merchandize, will 110 W be‘forced to draw what site consumes of it from the latter country : however this may be, the world must carne to the l'Atgltill matk.et ; and, if our Rulers be but on their guard against 4.tnerican insolence, chicanery, anal fraud, bath the mercan tile and the shipping interests of this country have, at., this moment, a fairer field for the exercisepf their industry, enterprise, and honourable callings - , that ever occurred since this Island. .rose from the O can, Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, the KING , ar rived at the Queen's Pdlape, tioni•Windsor, where he was received by the pukes of YORK, KENT, comßstmAND, and SUSSEX. . Soon alter two o'clock, his MAJESTY held a Pri vate I;evee, which was attended by . _ . relo3ishcp of Canterbury the . Cord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal; the First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Bxt.;!tcciuer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the three Secretaries of ,tate, . the Commander in chief, the Lord Steward of the House hold, the f udge Advocate, the Bishpp of . Chester. the Puke tifMonrrnse, Earl Ilarlowby, Lords Heatlifield St. Helens (in waiting), Sirs C. Cockerel, and S. Cottgrel ; Admiral Reynolds, -6 eneral Gordon (Groom in waiting), Co. lonel Macdonnel, apd Captain Browne. e ilie following had the 11 mom' of Leing presented •to his MAJFsiy,' - _ , Rear-Admiral Reynolds on his appointment to the Baltic Fleet. Sir Charles Cockrell on his being created it Baronet. Colonel . 11 , 1aeclonell, on his appointment as Colonel of the Inverness-shire Local 11.41itia. • Captain Philip Browne, on his return from the Scheldt.. Tlie Bishop of Cltester, to deliver to hiS.lVlajesty a copy of his &nnon, pteached before the House of 14vrds on the Fast. Day.. - Hi"s MAJEsTy - held - a Privy Council, and gav_e au=, I . ls!tce.s to tlr 1-01! Cit A N.cE.41.0 ~..A.Larqu is WEL, LESLUY, Earls CAMDEN and NVESTiWRLAND, Lord Mo4oaAve., Sir DAVID DUNDAS, Mr. PERCLiVAL, and Mr. SUTTON : thelatter laid before his MAJesTY the proceedings of some Coults The Royal Family are ttxpecied in town on Toes ; his MAJEsTv 16 hold a court at the Queen's• Palace on Wednesday, and the QucEN a Drawing•-• room at St. James's Palace on ThurkJay. The Marchioness of STAFFORp's Assembly, held last night at Cleveland House, St. James's, was a.t. tended by a bri!liant crovvd of distinguished fa;ibion, Wei., About 1000 persons were intited. On this occasion all the siate,apartmenbt, including. the magnificent pit:Lure gallery,, were thrown open, The whole of the interior arrangements being corn pleted, the chef crcetture excelled in every respect. The company were in raptures with the 'grandeur every where displayed to so much advantage. To preserve Order, a p,irty of the police attended. The exten,ive cotton' mills of Messrs JENKINs and CUL/I'o RD, La•gtey, Wilts, were entirely de stroyed by tiro on Tuesday morning. Several head of cattle were destroyed, and such was the rapidity of the lames . tl►at very httle.was saved. The tire occasiooed by the negligence of a man setting fire to some ilim in the will. Stioinli.--..-The body of a genteel young woman, who turns out to s be the wife of a tradesman in Dartmouth-street, Westminster, Was found in-the River, off Chelsea College, yesterday morning. The unfortunate woman left her home on Sunday expresSing her determination not' to return, and she was not teen afterwards until' picked up by Samuel, a waterman. NAVAL NEW ': PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 4.—Came in tbii day 11;5 Majesty's ship Owen Glendower, Donegal, Ro: 7 a. Oak, and Covielle, from off Cherbourg; :and camp to anchor at St. liele,rt's. Went out of harbour the ship Ariel, of. London, LINES master, last from St. Domingo, and is sailed for London, having had her damagerrepaired in a temporary manner. ' , LIVERPOOL, APRIL 3.—The - Back/muse, 'SCOT , LAND, from the Brazils for Liverpool, was Captured on the 24th M'arcit by the Grand Napoleon !French, privateer of 16 guns, 18 pounders, and 120 men, in lat. 51. 30. long. 18. out 13 days` from Brest ; on , the 27th she captured the brig .Moston, PIERCE, from New Brunswick for Cork, which the French man gave to CaptainS SCOTLAND and PIERCE ,and their crews, and in which- they arrived here late last__ night. There are four other privateers ,cruizing to the westward of - Cape Clear, in lat. from 47. to 54' long. 19. . ~, DEAL, Arittr. 4.—Arrived his Majesty's ship froin Plymouth 5 Brothers, SCOTT, frOm Riolaneiro;" Heywood, MACINTOSH, - in 45 days; from Martinique; and the Onyx, BARCHARD, from Jamaica. • Came.down from the River the Ann East ladia- man. Arrived the Echo sloop of war from a cru i se. Sailed the Crane sloop of war on a cruise. Extra' from a Letter, dated New York, the 16th of February, 181c0 If 'the Briiisl Government be politic- enough to send no other Minister, but pursue their QWu measures steadily without declar ing war, 1. am convinced the French party in the _ United State§ will be diCcomfited . in their views of bringing on a rupture between the two nations, by teazing the English into a declaration,: that -the Americans dare not attempt themselves, without • producing a civil war. The attention paid here to Mr. JACKSON is most flattering to him, and he is considered, by every liberal-minded person, as having bee-u shamefully treated without cause:., Ire is a most gentlemanly tuan, open and candid, but. firm to his purpose,. His letters evince great talent, and do credit to his country,—Mr. MAcom's Bill, whichis - alton4descript, is . hung.up in the Senate, and it is thought will not pass : the . prob,bility is. that no substitute will be offered, and that the. Non* intercourse will expire. with the present Session of Congress." . By a vessel arrived from' Hayti, letters liaire been received, which disclose a fact of much import ante. They inform us .of the. iirriv,ll,. at Aux: Cayes', of a, British vessel called Pierre Tanssaint, and that ivhilst lying in the harbour, live of the crew were pressed, by an order from CHRISTOPHE, and sent oil board one of his national vessels, A r: monstrance had ineffeanaOy been made to the Sable Chief by the Master of the vessels, . w h o had in consequenoe forwarded a Memorial, and p ra yed relief from )he British Admiral RowL'EY, on the Jamaica station. The Seminaire, a privateer which sailed from England some months ago, is stated also to have made her appearance in the saline port, and to have cut out, and piratically carried away 3 • British vessel, richly laden. His Majesty's ship H:an) ke, which is . arrived from: the Gold Coast of Africa, has on boaki gold and ivory to a very large amount. The _accounts .whieh this vessel brings of the 00 , -* tuation of affairs in That country are, of a very in.. Westing nature.. It appears that a =meeting had taken place at ,Rance Island,. and had assumed avert serious aspect, inconsequence of which application was wade to the Governor of Sierra Leone; who re paired to theformer place ; " taking .Vaith him ari- ade quate military force:On his arrival he found the island • in a state of the utmost disorder, and at the soli citation of the Superintendant, took pesselsiun of, it provisionally, and .declared it to be' subject to military law. The result of this proceeding tA as, 14 of the ring-leaders were brought to trial, and found guilty, two of Avitom named . Hanna and Morey, were sentenced to suffer death, and the. remainder to be banished for life, This sentence was, however, afterwards commuted., Banua and Morey were ordered to be transported for life', first receiving each 150 lashes. They were after' wards, with, the other 12, transported to the British,: Settlement of Cape 'Coast Castle. . • The accounts further state, that three men, na° Lives of Africa, had been raken op,: and were 0 1 confinement at Cape Coast, charged with the i nure , der of. Mr. FOOTE, an European, and the son of a person of the name of LAMITTEE, a nathe of Acerb but that no proceedings had been instituted against the accused, the Goveincir and li:ps Council having some doubts of their authority to proceed in such cases. • We Learn with pleasure that the President at •Cape Coast had attempted to_ cultivate cotton and - coffee, both of which were found to grow ex tretuely well. • • House.--Yesterday a Court of Directors • was held, when Captaiu Titomits HivAan was sworn into the Command of the ship Monarch ; as was Captain Bliootts into . the Tyne, .both con signed to Madeira and Bengal. Captain W. 'ANC'', of the u ship garriet, took leave of the Court,, pre vioui to departing for Madras- and Bengal. The Court adjourned at six &cluck till tonortrow. From Corunna a few letters were d,elivered yes' terday, bY'which it appears that the French have at last abandoned the City of Oviedo, so that 4he whole cif As . turias is now fre d froth the intrusion of the enemy. The French still occupy the Portion of the plains of Leon which are contiguous to the frontier -6 • of Asturia3 and Gailicia, rro preventOr- junction of the Spanish detachments in the . North-Western tremity of the Peninsula with the army under 0 6 Marquis de la ROMANA.